Screen Colours vs Paint Colours Worksheet
Artist's tip (Light adds, paint darkens): On a screen (light): red + green = yellow, green + blue = cyan, red + blue = magenta, all three = white. With paint: red + yellow = orange, blue + yellow = green, red + blue = purple, all three = brown. Light gets lighter as you mix; paint gets darker. Screen primaries: red, green, blue; paint primaries: red, yellow, blue.
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- 1.💡 On a screen, mixing red and green light makes which colour? (a) white (b) magenta (c) yellow (d) cyan
- 2.True or false: “all three make brown” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
- 3.💡 On a screen, which primary colour of light is NOT a paint primary? (a) blue (b) green (c) red
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make brown (b) mixing makes it darker (c) needs light to be seen (d) uses red, green, blue
- 5.On a screen, which lights mix to make cyan? (a) green and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and green (d) red and green
- 6.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) green and blue (b) red and green (c) red, green and blue (d) red and blue
- 7.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) mixing makes it lighter (b) all three make white (c) glows with its own light (d) all three make brown
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) needs light to be seen (d) all three make white
- 9.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) all three make brown (b) mixing makes it darker (c) needs light to be seen (d) uses red, green, blue
- 10.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and green light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) white (c) cyan (d) magenta
- 11.💡 On a screen, mixing blue and red light makes which colour? (a) white (b) yellow (c) magenta (d) cyan
- 12.💡 On a screen, mixing red and blue light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) white (c) cyan (d) magenta
- 13.True or false: “uses red, yellow, blue” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
- 14.On a screen, which lights mix to make yellow? (a) blue and green (b) blue and red (c) green and blue (d) green and red
- 15.True or false: on a screen, mixing red and blue light makes white. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) needs light to be seen (b) mixing makes it darker (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) uses red, yellow, blue
- 17.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “needs light to be seen”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixing makes it darker (b) all three make brown (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) glows with its own light
- 19.💡 On a screen, mixing green and blue light makes which colour? (a) magenta (b) yellow (c) white (d) cyan
- 20.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “mixing makes it darker”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
- 21.True or false: “all three make white” is true of light on a screen. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “all three make white” is true of paint on paper. (a) True (b) False
- 23.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) red and green (b) green and blue (c) red, green and blue (d) blue and green
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make brown (b) mixing makes it darker (c) uses red, yellow, blue (d) mixing makes it lighter
- 25.True or false: on a screen, mixing all three lights light makes magenta. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🖥️🎨 Is this true of light on a screen or paint on paper: “all three make white”? (a) light on a screen (b) paint on paper
- 27.True or false: on a screen, mixing green and red light makes magenta. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) needs light to be seen (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) uses red, green, blue (d) glows with its own light
- 29.💡 On a screen, mixing red, green and blue light makes which colour? (a) yellow (b) cyan (c) white (d) magenta
- 30.💡 On a screen, mixing all three lights light makes which colour? (a) cyan (b) magenta (c) yellow (d) white
- 31.🎨 With paint, what are the three primary colours? (a) red, yellow, blue (b) orange, green, purple (c) red, green, blue (d) black, white, grey
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make white (b) uses red, green, blue (c) mixing makes it lighter (d) needs light to be seen
- 33.Which of these is true of paint on paper? (a) all three make white (b) mixing makes it lighter (c) mixing makes it darker (d) glows with its own light
- 34.On a screen, which lights mix to make white? (a) blue and green (b) all three lights (c) blue and red (d) green and red
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all three make white (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) uses red, green, blue (d) mixing makes it lighter
- 36.💡 On a screen, mixing green and red light makes which colour? (a) magenta (b) yellow (c) cyan (d) white
- 37.🎨 With paint, which primary colour is NOT a screen (light) primary? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
- 38.Which of these is true of light on a screen? (a) needs light to be seen (b) uses red, yellow, blue (c) all three make white (d) mixing makes it darker
- 39.💡 On a screen, a pixel with all its lights turned off looks… (a) white (b) yellow (c) black (d) grey
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) glows with its own light (b) all three make white (c) mixing makes it darker (d) mixing makes it lighter
Answer key
- yellow
- False
- green
- uses red, green, blue
- blue and green
- red and green
- all three make brown
- all three make white
- uses red, green, blue
- cyan
- magenta
- magenta
- False
- green and red
- False
- mixing makes it lighter
- paint on paper
- glows with its own light
- cyan
- paint on paper
- True
- False
- red, green and blue
- mixing makes it lighter
- False
- light on a screen
- False
- needs light to be seen
- white
- white
- red, yellow, blue
- needs light to be seen
- mixing makes it darker
- all three lights
- uses red, yellow, blue
- yellow
- yellow
- all three make white
- black
- mixing makes it darker
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